Teacher Name: Rachel Tillotson

Course Title: Beginning Theatre

Course Description: In this course, students will have the opportunity to experience many different aspects of theatre. We will
read plays, perform skits, learn about the history, and take a look at technical theatre. Our final unit being a performance of
student-written work. It’s a small taste of everything!
Grade/Level: 9-12
Course Format: 50 minutes/5 days a week

Semester Unit Title Unit Summary/ Standards Possible Assessments

Key Concepts
Fall Acting and Improv -Voice & Movement/body CR. 1, CR. 5, -Voice and Movement
(4 weeks) -Living truthfully in P. 1, P. 3, P. 4, P. 5, P. 8, Vocab Quiz
imaginary spaces R. 1, R. 4, R. 5, R. 7, R. 8, -Create a character
(Stanislavski) worksheet
-How to create a -Performing partnered
believable character scenes
-Establishing Goals, -Unit Final: Long Form
Motivations, Tactics, etc. Improv (staying in
-Giving and Receiving character with objectives
Feedback and tactics)
-Improv/Improv Games -Daily Reflection Prompts
Script Analysis -Reading Plays CR. 2, -Play Reports
(5 weeks) -Genres R. 4, R. 5, R. 7, R. 8, -Genres Quiz
-Forms CO. 1, -Forms Quiz
-Compare and Contrast -Active play analysis and
Characters, objectives, discussion
elements of the play -Who’s in the Right?
-A Visit to a Small Planet Powerpoint Presentation
-Daily Reflection Prompts
-Unit Test
Dramaturgy and Research -Play Analysis CR. 2, CR. 6, -Play Report
(4 weeks) -History of Dramaturgy R. 4, R. 5, R. 7, R. 8, -History Quiz
-How do you research? CO. 3 -Final Research Product
-What do you research? -Daily Reflection Prompts
 -Creating a Dramaturgical
Resource
Production Roles and 1) Production brain map CR. 4, CR. 8, -Production Brain Map
Theatre Spaces - Production careers P. 8, Quiz
(1-2 weeks) - Collaboration R. 8, -Theatre Spaces Quiz
2) Theatre Spaces -Draw and label a ground
-where theatre is done plan
-history of theatre spaces -Daily Reflection Prompts
-Ground Plans
Technical Theatre and -Intro to: CR. 1, CR. 2, -Stage Management Quiz
Design --Stage Management P. 7, P. 8, -Design Process Quiz
(3-4 weeks) --Design (set, costume, R. 4, R. 8, -Design an aspect for a
prop, lighting) play
--Run Crew -Play Report
-Responsibilities -Daily Reflection Prompts
-communication
-organization and
leadership
Spring Playwriting -Freytag’s Pyramid CR. 1, CR. 2, CR. 3, CR. 6, -Various written
(5-6 Weeks) -Adaptation P. 1, P. 8, scenes/plays
-Images as Inspiration R. 4, R. 5, R. 7, R. 8, -Freytag’s Pyramid Quiz
-Waves of Thinking CO. 1, CO. 2 -Outline for a play
-Outlining -Analysis of Peer works
-Points of view -Daily Reflection Prompts
Directing -Creating a Vision CR. 1, CR. 2, CR. 8, -Creative Vision
(3 weeks) -Working with a creative P. 8, Worksheet
team R. 4, R. 7, R. 8, -Feedback worksheets
-How to get what’s in your -Self- and Peer-
head out of it Evaluations
-Giving and Receiving -Daily Reflection Prompts
Feedback
Performance and -Collaborative Writing CR. 1, CR. 2, CR. 3, CR. 5, -Weekly Drafts of Play
Rehearsal Process -Objectives and Tactics CR. 7, -Voice and Movement
(9-10 weeks) -Acting and performing in P. 1, P. 3, P. 4, P. 5, P. 7, P. Performance
your own work 8, P.9, -Self- and Peer-
-Creative Staging R.1, R. 4, R. 7, R. 8, Evaluations
-Initimacy and Combat – CO. 1, CO. 2, CO. 3 -Daily Reflection Prompts
How to implement it or -Final Performance
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